Railroad Obstruction Report Prompts Grand Jury Action
The Cedar Rapids grand jury finds unreasonable railroad obstructions exist and may indict railroads. It urges cooperation to reduce delays through yard schedule rearrangements and automatic signals while noting a prior warning should be given before formal action. Foreman Ralph Heaton leads the panel with Assitant County Attorney David Elderkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Rapids
Grand Jury
Ralph Heaton
Fairfax
Foreman
Verne E. Pratt
Route 3
Coggan
Frank Krob, Jr
Ely
Herbert H. Montillon
Fourteenth Street
Arthur Pearson
Springville
Harland Biggs
Walker
A. B. Nollsch
Marion
David Elderkin
Family births and deaths from multiple towns in midwest area
A notice list records several births on November 14 at St Luke's Mercy and Tilden Neb with couples including Margaret Corporon and Richard Corporon plus Erwin Lehrman and William Teufel and Leo Williams Jr and John Camp. Also entries note deaths: Jennie Burrington at Volga City Laura Wharram Hazleton Frieda Ebert Agnes Laren and Gus Jacobson, with service details and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s
Walter Tucker
Tenth Street
Erwin Lehrman
Mechanicsville
William Teufel
Sixteenth Street
Leo Williams, Jr
Fifteenth Street
John Camp
Palo
Kenneth Anderson
Lake Avenue NE
Mercy
van Martin
Eighth Avenue SE
Harold Gibson
Thirtieth Street
Tilden
Neb
Arthur W. Kuester
Elgin
John Francis
Barr Memorial Hospital
Volga City
Jennie Burrington
Hazileton
Laura J. Wharram
Tipton
Frieda Anna Ebert
St. John’s Evanelical
Fourth Street Obstruction Report From Grand Jury
A grand jury report discusses ongoing Fourth Street track removal, noting no easy solution yet and inevitable obstruction. It cites evidence that railroad companies sometimes obstruct Cedar Street excessively and urges careful consideration of future facilities before full removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cen Anc
Grand Jury
Fourth Street
Insvom Haia Vnen
Three Independence youths given time to plead on auto theft charge
Three Independence youths Philip Clark 17 Melvin Rasmussen 18 and Lloyd Dilts 16 were arraigned before Judge G K Thompson on November 7 and given until November 20 to plead to a charge of larceny of a motor vehicle. They are jailed in lieu of bond awaiting further action on the auto theft from Ray Ashlock 31 Twenty-eighth Street Drive SE on November 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Texas
G. K. Thompson
Philip Clark
Melvin Rasmussen
Lloyd Dilts
Ray Ashlock
Twenty-eighth Street Drive
Elks Club
Stockmans Given Five Year Terms
Raymond L. Stockman and his wife Margaret E. Stockman received five year sentences after pleading guilty to soliciting. Judge G. K. Thompson imposed an indeterminate term up to five years at Fort Madison for Stockman and the same at Rockwell City for Mrs. Stockman. Appeal bonds set at $3060 each. The pair, with prior immoral act convictions, were arrested after a hotel incident and when Stockman visited the police station intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond L. Stockman
Margaret E. Stockman
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
Stockman
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Rockwell City Reformatory
Haddy Sues Banner Tire For Damaged Army Clothing
Walter Haddy doing business as Haddy's Surplus filed suit against Banner Tire Company Chicago seeking 261.44. He says on Oct 15 he ordered 254.99 worth of army sotine clothes that were delivered torn and full of holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Haddy
Haddy
Banner Tire Company
Chicago
Judge Dismisses Divorce Petition in Shafer Case
Judge G K Thompson on Saturday dismissed the divorce petition filed by Leo Shafer against Laura Shafer on motion of the plaintiff. The action ends with no further proceedings indicated in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Thompson
Leo Shafer
Laura
Linn County grand jury condemns county home fire hazard
The Linn county grand jury returned seven indictments, five secret, and warned the county home is a definite fire hazard due to age and design. It urged immediate construction of a fireproof building, noting a bond issue will likely be needed. Open indictments targeted Hersel and Rena Edgeton for perjury. Edward Matthews faced no bill on forgery. Verlin Collins had prior sodomy charges and pled guilty to lascivious acts with a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Grand Jury
Hersel Edgeton
Eleventh Street
Edward Matthews
Grand Jury
Edgeton
Verlin Collins
Willia Crissman
Crissman
Rena Edgeton
Ralph Heaton
John Hanna
Stanley Davis
Police Department
Collins
Stassen Urges Clearer U.S. Foreign Policy on Communism
Harold E. Stassen urged Denver Republicans to clarify U.S. policy toward Russia and Europe. He listed three issues: shipments to Russia, socialization of Europe, and secrecy in Soviet dealings. He warned missteps could lead to war but expressed hope for freedom and progress without it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
INS
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Republican Club
Communist Party
Stassen
Russia
Soviet Union
Europe
Stalin
Moscow
Deaths Emma Nechville Petrak of Cedar Rapids dies in Iowa City
Mrs Emma Nechville Petrak widow of Frank Petrak Cottage Grove Avenue SE Cedar Rapids dies in University hospital Iowa City Friday after two weeks illness. Survived by son Lewis Petrak Alburnett daughter Mrs Floyd Allender Waterloo brothers John Joseph Nechville sister Mrs Eva Spanek Cedar Rapids and three grandchildren. Funeral at Barta Hesser chapel Cedar Rapids Monday 2 p.m. burial Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma. Nechville Petrak
Frank Petrak
Cottage Grove Avenue
University Hospital
Iowa City
Petrak
Lewis Petrak
Alburnett
Floyd Allender
Waterloo
John
Joseph Nechville
Eva Spanek
Cedar Rapids
Barta Hesser
Bohemian National Cemetery
DeNio 80 Dies in Cedar Rapids Hospital
Theodore T. DeNio 80 retired teamster died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 12 05 am Saturday Born January 7 1867 in Cherubusco New York he lived in Cedar Rapids forty years Surviving are daughter Pearl LaBarge Stone City son Simon DeNio Cedar Rapids sister Lavina Jacobs Viola three grandsons and a great granddaughter Services 3 30 pm Monday at Barta Hesser chapel with Dr Carroll C Roberts Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery Friends may call after 4 pm at the chapel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore T. DeNio
Eleventh Street
Cedar Rapids
Cherubusco
N. Y
Pearl LaBarge
Stone City
Simon DeNio
Lavina Jacobs
Viola
Carroll C. Roberts
First Christian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Obituary for Zora May Kirby of Cedar Rapids and Pasadena
Zora May Kirby widow of James A. Kirby died in Pasadena California after a long illness. Born February 1885 in Birmingham Iowa she lived in Cedar Rapids until 1942. Surviving Glenn Kirby Earl Kirby Leona Bair a niece Walter Flowers. Funeral at Turner chapel Monday 3:30 p.m. Rev Lyle K. Anderson burial Linwood cemetery. Friends may call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zora May Kirby
James A. Kirby
Cedar Rapids
Pasadena
Calif
Birmingham
Glenn
Los Angeles
Earl
Leona Bair
North Hollywood
Walter Flowers
Fairmont
Turner Chapel
Lyle K. Anderson
Linwood Cemetery
Services for Mrs. Mary Neto Licky in Brush chapel
Services for Mrs. Mary Neto Licky of Cedar Rapids route 2 will be held at 2 p.m. in the Brush chapel conducted by Rev. Ludvik Burian. Burial follows at Shueyville cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Netolicky
Cedar Rapids
Brush Chapel
Ludvik Burian
Shueyville
Death of 15 day old James Holmes in Cedar Rapids
James Holmes, 15 day old son of Mr and Mrs William Holmes of Kenridge Terrace NE, died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 6 15 am Saturday. Private services were held in the Monahan funeral chapel at 4 pm Saturday conducted by Rev J D Kearn. Burial was in Mt Calvary Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Holmes
William Holmes
Kenridge Terrace
Cedar Rapids
Monahan
J. D. Kearn
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Capitalism Lost Cause in Europe, Miss Holub Says
Miss Jaroslava Holub of Wilson junior high spoke at a Friday luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel saying capitalism is a lost cause in Europe. She cited Russia’s trained Communists, America’s declining capitalist influence, and Germany under occupation favoring barter as key factors driving Europe away from capitalism. She forecast socialism would replace capitalism despite beliefs that communism was growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Jaroslava Holub
Wilson Junior High School
High Twelve Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Miss Holub
Russia
America
Germany
Severe Cedar Rapids Snow and City Crash Report
A Cedar Rapids snow event left streets slick and swollen with a soggy inching mix. Weather caused multiple accidents including a collision between two trucks and a train, a car striking a pole, and downed limbs in several areas as temperatures hovered around freezing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
David L. Williams
Robert E. Mills
Blake Boulevard
E Avenue
North Western
Plan to ease Cedar Rapids Fourth Street rail tieups
A Cedar Rapids meeting between city officials, grand jurors, and railroad representatives outlined an immediate plan to relieve crossing delays on Fourth Street. The Rock Island would run single trains through the block between First and Twelfth avenues, with other lines cooperating. Possible underpass at Fifth Avenue and signal revisions were discussed to speed traffic, while officials vowed engineers would study long-range fixes and loop routing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Fourth Street
Grand Jury
B. R. Dew
Rock Island Railroad
First
Twelfth Avenues
Dew
First Avenue
Hughes
Condon
A Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Frank Hahn
Hahn
Ralph Heaton
Fairfax
Harland Biggs
Walker
Herbert H. Montillon
Fourteenth
Third Avenue
Elmer Terrill
Boone
North Western Division
Quaker Oats
Milwaukee
A and C Avenues
Gunfire continues as clerk confronts burglars in office
Hart says Gordon and Gordon robbed a Kansas office, firing at him while he hid in a closet. He shot at them in the hall and elevator, wounding one. They fled to a car, bags and a nickel sack found, age 22 or 23, greasy coveralls, sandy complexions, Pittsburg Kansas mark on sack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Olson
Pittsburg
Kan
Escape suspect Blissman identified as Gordon in Illinois theft case
Special to The Gazette reports Dick Gordon, who escaped with Sheriff Emery Hart, is actually Charles R. Blissman 23, an ex convict. He served two years in an Illinois prison and is wanted for stealing a 1941 Buick at Elgin and a Woodstock break in. Blissman carried a stolen revolver. Gerald Olson, accomplice, is 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Independence
Dick Gordon
Emery Hart
Charles R. Blissman
Illinois
Hart
Union
Ill
Elgin
Woodstock
Gerald Olson
Blissman
Gordon
Newlyweds with 11 marriages wed in Memphis
MEMPHIS (UP) Robert Lee James 75 of Los Angeles and his bride, also 75, have a combined 11 marriages. They married here Friday. For James it was his fifth marriage and for his bride her sixth. Neither has ever been divorced as all their former spouses died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Robert Lee James
Los Angeles
James
Democracy Tied to Schools Says Norwegian Principal Hanssen
Anna Margretha Hanssen Bergen elementary principal visiting Cedar Rapids argues democracy hinges on strong schools. She recalls Nazi repression in Norway, the Gestapo, and a mass grave, praising U.S. school resources and noting gendered teaching in Norway. Her talk was at the Board of Education, introduced by Supt. Clyde Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Anna Margretha Hanssen
Bergen
Board of Education
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Quisling
United States
Hanssen
Gestapo
Oslo
Sweden
America
Ministry of Education
Miss Hanssen
Principals and Supervisors Club
Supt
Clyde Parker
Harrison Elementary School Glee Club
Florence Culver
Willa Deane Howells
Franklin
Smith recognized for decades of Cedar Rapids conservation work
The Waltonians originated from a 1923 Cedar Rapids Conservation Club linked to the Izaak Walton League. Under Mr. Smith a local group formed with over 300 members unaffiliated nationally. His 24-year presidency built the sewage project, Camp Conservation on the Wapsie, and 600 trees in Van Vechten park. The annual Bert Smith lawn social drew about 2000 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smith
Cedar Rapids Conservation Club
Izaak Walton League
Troy Mills
Wapsie
van Vechten Park
Bert Smith
Accident Damage Suit Dismissed Over Ill Plaintiff
An out of court settlement ends the $10,000 auto injury suit filed by Leonard V. Koch of 415 Eighth Avenue SW against John S. Conway John N. Dalhoff and the Koehring Company. Judge Henry N. Graven signed the dismissal order after the trial was postponed when Koch, then in a sanitarium for a lung condition, could not appear. The accident occurred September 19, 1946 on Highway 30 seven miles west of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard V. Koch
Eighth Avenue
John S. Conway
John N. Dalhoff
Koehring Company
Henry N. Graven
Cedar Rapids
Koch
Highway 30
Conway
Dalhoff
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Miami
Minneapolis
Acey City
Towa
Donald J. Staviefeld
Seventeenth Avenue SE
James D. White
D Street
William L. Shukers
E Avenue NW
Melvin L. Montague
Second Avenue SE
Thomas Gallagher
Merle G. Porter
Thirty-first Street
Lumir L. Blahnik
Knollwood Drive
Warren H. Ebert
First Avenue NE
R. K. Perkins
First Street
Fred McNabb
Virginia Vishek
Martin P. Jensen
Louisa Stratton
Charles K. Jones
Joyce M. Nash
William O. Shost
Maxine M. Gordon
Raymond L. Henderson
Celia J. Henderson
Cecil Wixom
Ida Gerten
Clinton
Margaret Corporon
Richard Corporon
Olive M. Zacheis
Leslie Zacheis
Iowa
Stockmans
John B. Turmer
Soruneral
S.E
U.S
Emma Petrak
J. A. Kirby
Netolicky Services
Cedar County
John Stoner
Sixth Avenue
Norbert Horak
Hamilton Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Horak
St. Luke’s Hospital
Seventeenth Street NW
Burch Avenue
Park Department
Russell Ring
Second Street NW
Gordon Hughes
Tom Condon
Ninth Avenue
W. E. Davis
E. J. Brousseau
Illinois Central
George Lanning
Perry
H. W. Harmon
J. W. Chermak
Milwaukee General
G. W. Riley
Smith
Graven
Lapes Florist
Y. — Oter
Third Ave
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